EXCLUSIVE: As the liberal activist organization Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faces federal fraud charges, an education watchdog warns that the group continues to integrate its “far-left content and materials” into classrooms as early as kindergarten in more than 40 states across the U.S. Nicole Neily, president of Defending Education, which was once labeled an … Read more
As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues to advance policies targeting wealthy executives, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is reminding billionaires that everything is bigger in Texas – including economic opportunity. Abbott is pitching his state as a refuge from liberal measures Republicans attribute to driving businesses out of the Empire State. For New York, … Read more
After a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice appeared to indicate that he had ditched the Democratic Party, declaring in a statement that he is “no longer registered within any political party,” U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., noted that he understood the man’s decision. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht, who ran as a Democrat when he … Read more
Survivors to return to ‘scene of the crime’ for shadow congressional hearing into abuses committed by Epstein Survivors of r Jeffrey Epstein will return to the “scene of the crime” in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday for a shadow congressional hearing into abuses committed by the late sex offender. Several members of the Democratic House … Read more
The former TV anchor’s tenure leading US global media agency ends after court ruled appointment unlawful US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump has nominated Kari Lake, a longtime ally and former TV anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor, to serve as the next … Read more
President Donald Trump says he’ll be “watching closely” as lawmakers in the Republican-dominated South Carolina legislature on Tuesday begin redrawing their state’s congressional district map to erase the only Democrat-dominated U.S. House seat. At the same time, Republican officials in solidly red Alabama are moving forward with a redrawn congressional map that would likely eliminate … Read more
Rep. Jen Kiggans, a Virginia Republican, is under fire after she agreed with a comment that Hakeem Jeffries should get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.”
A Guardian show trying to make sense of it all Award-winning journalists Kai Wright and Carter Sherman serve as co-hosts of the Guardian’s US video podcast Kai Wright is a Peabody award-winning host, editor, and writer whose work explores the intersection of history, power, and the evolving American identity. He previously hosted WNYC’s Notes From … Read more
Prices rose 3.8% over the last year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, highest jump since 2023 Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email US inflation jumped to 3.8% in April as the war in the Middle East continued to drive energy prices and everyday costs for Americans. Prices rose 3.8% over … Read more
The Republican congresswoman says she did not condone radio host’s language US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Jen Kiggans, a Republican congresswoman, has faced calls from Democrats to resign for agreeing with a radio host after he said top US House Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries, should get … Read more
